Elizabeth Name Popularity

How popular is Elizabeth?

The very popular name Elizabeth was the 13th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2017.

This top 50 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 50 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #3 for the first time in 1887 and as recently as 1892.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1990 with 20,744 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Elizabeth was 1,852 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Elizabeth occurred roughly during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1903-1918, 1945-1952, 1953-1958, and 1975-1981, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1924-1933, 1961-1972, 1991-1997, 2000-2006, and 2007-2011.

Where is the name Elizabeth popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

Elizabeth's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Elizabeth for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Elizabeth is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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Elizabet. (Girl)

Elizabet. (Boy)

Year

%

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

No. of Babies Given Name

Popul. Rank

2017

8,915

13

9

8,293

2016

9,542

13

12

6,823

2015

9,724

13

5

12,580

2014

9,557

14

6

11,099

2013

9,448

10

12

6,711

2012

9,703

10

8

9,094

2011

10,084

11

19

4,866

2010

10,260

12

8

9,029

2009

11,029

11

13

6,534

2008

12,002

9

13

6,502

2007

13,050

10

18

5,063

2006

12,425

11

17

5,134

2005

12,729

11

24

3,847

2004

13,560

10

63

1,939

2003

14,102

9

31

3,057

2002

14,600

11

21

3,952

2001

14,784

9

12

5,774

2000

15,094

9

22

3,670

1999

15,341

10

22

3,509

1998

15,186

10

23

3,321

1997

15,419

9

30

2,634

1996

15,995

10

26

2,859

1995

16,185

10

44

1,928

1994

16,779

9

44

1,904

1993

17,555

9

55

1,624

1992

19,033

9

52

1,664

1991

20,387

9

66

1,402

1990

20,744

9

91

1,129

1989

20,296

10

140

848

1988

20,036

10

102

957

1987

18,606

10

105

923

1986

19,069

10

96

932

1985

20,540

9

105

885

1984

20,364

10

94

909

1983

19,843

10

102

870

1982

20,511

8

89

954

1981

20,171

9

90

948

1980

19,529

9

78

1,025

1979

18,077

11

82

976

1978

16,807

14

70

1,045

1977

16,426

13

63

1,093

1976

13,548

16

61

1,069

1975

12,474

15

52

1,170

1974

12,259

12

62

1,047

1973

12,358

13

52

1,137

1972

12,187

15

55

1,103

1971

13,603

19

64

1,019

1970

15,119

18

67

993

1969

15,296

16

62

974

1968

14,889

17

53

1,020

1967

16,115

13

52

1,008

1966

15,884

16

51

1,018

1965

16,322

16

56

990

1964

17,288

16

48

1,101

1963

17,590

20

52

1,060

1962

17,801

20

46

1,142

1961

18,852

19

66

940

1960

18,858

18

59

999

1959

18,432

21

46

1,143

1958

18,528

22

47

1,124

1957

17,497

22

35

1,326

1956

16,340

22

32

1,362

1955

16,696

21

42

1,155

1954

16,581

20

41

1,172

1953

16,092

21

33

1,313

1952

16,023

22

29

1,415

1951

15,120

23

31

1,331

1950

14,337

24

29

1,348

1949

13,712

25

26

1,444

1948

13,211

26

30

1,328

1947

13,441

25

33

1,281

1946

11,752

25

22

1,528

1945

10,337

26

25

1,331

1944

11,033

23

32

1,177

1943

11,646

23

37

1,125

1942

11,182

22

52

924

1941

10,269

21

49

910

1940

9,952

20

52

875

1939

9,707

18

50

870

1938

9,800

17

44

952

1937

9,386

17

50

870

1936

8,860

18

47

899

1935

9,075

17

41

998

1934

9,344

18

43

976

1933

9,016

17

38

1,056

1932

9,994

17

54

868

1931

10,293

16

48

946

1930

10,995

15

48

981

1929

11,251

15

61

837

1928

11,762

14

44

1,044

1927

12,527

13

56

913

1926

12,836

11

54

920

1925

13,935

10

37

1,170

1924

14,951

11

42

1,111

1923

15,461

9

41

1,118

1922

15,242

9

30

1,348

1921

15,799

10

35

1,238

1920

15,910

8

34

1,239

1919

15,287

8

19

1,767

1918

15,853

9

37

1,129

1917

15,131

8

31

1,226

1916

14,939

8

40

1,016

1915

14,103

8

27

1,275

1914

11,367

8

27

1,109

1913

9,505

8

24

1,029

1912

8,528

8

23

946

1911

6,298

7

18

764

1910

5,800

7

17

735

1909

5,176

7

13

816

1908

4,904

7

11

844

1907

4,624

7

13

751

1906

4,321

7

15

624

1905

4,121

6

13

675

1904

3,833

6

13

654

1903

3,723

6

11

709

1902

3,694

6

21

465

1901

3,216

6

9

742

1900

4,096

6

16

632

1899

3,287

7

13

557

1898

3,659

7

15

551

1897

3,442

6

12

625

1896

3,471

7

11

687

1895

3,603

5

17

494

1894

3,425

5

10

688

1893

3,360

5

12

584

1892

3,461

3

8

817

1891

3,059

4

6

880

1890

3,112

3

12

574

1889

3,058

3

16

470

1888

3,224

3

12

586

1887

2,681

3

14

466

1886

2,680

4

11

580

1885

2,582

4

9

661

1884

2,549

4

16

473

1883

2,255

4

13

501

1882

2,186

4

7

777

1881

1,852

4

< 5

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1880

1,939

4

9

649

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.